Tag: France
When Venus and Jupiter Were Mistaken for Hostile Airplanes
During World War I, two bright lights were spotted in the sky. In certain areas of France, the people believed the lights were from a…
A Fire Ball in Paris 1906
The fire ball described in this account, published in 1906, seems to have an almost curious nature as it investigates a room and its occupants…
Graveyard Discovered Under Man’s Garden in 1899
A landowner decided to have some mounds leveled on his property when the workmen discovered that the mounds were actually an ancient grave site. Graveyard…
A Dueling School That Opened Up In Paris 1907
Imagine going to school for dueling so that you could shoot another man down if ever there was a quarrel. Such was the case in…
Top 10 Histories of Murderers Executed By The Guillotine
Historical accounts of France’s guillotine executions give us a fascinating insight into the lives of the people during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Crime…
The Phantom Bandits of Paris
Paris in the early 1900s was more akin to the wild west of the United States than anything else. Lawlessness was everywhere. There were gangs…
